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The New York Times, nicknamed The Gray Lady, last night announced the
abrupt departure of its executive editor Jill Abramson, who became the
paper’s first female editor in 2011.

The news shocked even her own staff. The paper’s story described the change as
“unexpected” and said that “the reasons were not immediately clear”.

When she was appointed
to the top job nearly three years ago Ms Abramson, 60, a former
investigative reporter and Washington bureau chief, said it was like
“ascending to Valhalla”. She was so dedicated to the paper that she even had
the ‘T’ from the paper’s masthead